Saturday's recap

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Saturday's recap
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Sun, 12-09-2007 - 1:48pm

I had a long Saturday... two holiday parties.. one lunch and the other dinner... I must admit the holiday season is beginning to wear on my joy... Why? Because i don't have a date for all these parties. At first I thought it will be fun to hang with the other singles... BUT guess what.. at both parties I felt like the only person who showed up without a date. How depressing. And to top it off... at the lunch party ... three women who I hung out with last year because we were all single, showed up with dates this year. I won't let it get me down. I will bounce back. But, yes, even loonybunny has those lonely moments. Mainly, I think it was all in my head. I don't think anyone else noticed I was the only solo person. But I hate to admit, that I PRETENDED it didn't bother me, pretending to me the happy single who was brave enough to show up alone. Think anyone saw thru the act or felt sorry for me? (besides myself)... okay i need to stop the pity party..

It wasn't all bad.. I did meet someone new by the end of the night. After the dinner holiday party... you guessed it. I went to the karaoke bar... in my holiday sweater, too. I got a text from some friends and thought "why not". Then I spotted a young guy with a great smile and hot bod. Summer is not shy and when I told her I thought he was hot... Without hesitation she went up to him to get his name and tell him "my friend thinks your hot." I was embarrassed, too. But she came back and said, he thinks your beautiful. I guess he was waiting for me to go up to him and talk to him... but I was waiting for him to come talk to me... afterall he's the guy, right? Summer really played match maker last night. She went back to him telling him he should come talk to me. He said, "I think she's afraid of me". What? That made no sense to me.. so I said,.. "oh really? i think maybe he's afraid of me." LOL... that got him to come talk to me. He admitted that my glasses intimated him a little. Then he couldn't stop telling me how beautiful my brown eyes are and my brown hair... He just got back from 8 months in Iraq. We had chemistry... I told him how old I was (because I'm older than him) and he said, "that makes you even hotter because you look so good." He said I look like I have the body of a 25 yr old... the flattery was working. LOL. We exchanged numbers. He said, he's so glad he met me. Well, we'll see.... Summer liked one of his friends so she said, we should go out on a double date.... Summer can be either intimidating because i think she'll steal all the men. Or very encouraging because she's not shy about meeting guys and making new friends.

this new guy needs a nickname... how about Leo (short for leopard because of his freckles lol).

Loonybunny

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Registered: 05-13-2005
Sun, 12-09-2007 - 6:16pm

I know your pain of always feeling like the single one. Sorry you had to feel that way especially for a holiday party - I think the holiday season can really magnify these feelings.

I know I have said this before - but perhaps now with the holidays there are all kinds of parties and gatherings - didn't you say your church has fun stuff for singles? And what about meetup groups for graphic artists? Or local classes? I just think you have to try different stuff to meet more people. You are really artsy and love to be around people and do spontaneous things - that is why I was thinking that a meetup group for artists or perhaps you have a local trade association for that - just a thought.

Hang in there!!

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Registered: 10-07-2005
Sun, 12-09-2007 - 6:57pm

Oooo- good idea Judy!


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